goanna Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Post your Bedford pics and stories here : Beginning with these adverts from a West. Australian dealer in Perth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuffen Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Is the ad correct in stating 200,000 trucks? The logistics of fuel, oil and spares makes the mind boggle. Let alone finding, equipping and feeding the drivers. Forget the Soldiers who went to fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 A quick search on just the Bedford MW states 66,000 produced so between all the other models including civilian models used 200,000 looks reasonable. Logistics many say is the main reason the Germans lost the war. After failing to capture the Russian Oil Fields they were increasing their use of Horses again by mid-war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 (edited) South Aust. EFS truck . (Emergency Fire Service) Edited July 4 by goanna 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 (edited) Same in Holland still alive... The town bought two one still ok the other on the scrapyard. Edited July 3 by Citroman 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 (edited) Great pics. The QL in the scrapyard looks like it would be a good project . A small batch of the QL trucks that towed the Bofors guns were shipped to Australia. The special body for the crew with a seat for operator of the gun carriage brakes. . Was it QLB ? A friend here owned one of these QL trucks for a short period, the truck was on the road and it attended the Corowa event one year. , he fitted a GMC 270 engine in it. Edited July 4 by goanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) Yes when i see the trucks that are revived here on the site it doesn't look to bad. But i don't know how old the picture is. Edited July 9 by Citroman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 On 7/4/2024 at 3:53 AM, goanna said: A small batch of the QL trucks that towed the Bofors guns were shipped to Australia. The special body for the crew with a seat for operator of the gun carriage brakes. . Was it QLB ? Hi Mike, You can tell a QLB gun tractor chassis by seeing if it has a winch or a PTO output flange on the transfer box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 (edited) 5 hours ago, Richard Farrant said: Hi Mike, You can tell a QLB gun tractor chassis by seeing if it has a winch or a PTO output flange on the transfer box. Ah OK the winch , of course. The South Aust. library hosts the GM-H archives, this is where I found these pics. The Aust. delivered QLB trucks are listed in the AWM126 books. Edited July 10 by goanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 (edited) not sure if these are all QLB pics ? There are more pics of various trucks but the descriptions are not detailed ! Edited July 10 by goanna 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 (edited) This was a booklet published for the BFs The vehicle the artist has used appears to be a MW or similar. I hope the link works OK. The book may be a Aust. reprint of a UK publication. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UoD-k9KECzMMwmuokpJv-Mrzkq7pBqUs/view Edited July 13 by goanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10FM68 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 On 6/10/2024 at 8:49 AM, Zuffen said: Is the ad correct in stating 200,000 trucks? The logistics of fuel, oil and spares makes the mind boggle. Let alone finding, equipping and feeding the drivers. Forget the Soldiers who went to fight. Funnily enough, I have just come across this picture from Alamy - might be the proof you were looking for! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10FM68 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 And quite early on as well. The census number is L553227 and just chalked on, a six figure one, the camouflage is mid-war, so that suggests that Bedford may have pushed on closer to the 300,000 mark by the end. The Bedford OY behind still has the early style civilian wheels. What would you say - late '41, early 42? Plenty of interesting detail as well - the headlamp brackets still fitted as a pair, for example, the radiator blind, direction of tyre tread - absence of hip ring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 (edited) Another Aust. scene. The Bedfords were assembled by GM-H at Fishermen's Bend, Melbourne. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ffq_el3SpjLWeZfkZVeHm6lQ2fIp06wZ/view The Hudson bomber A16-14 history: http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/index.php?/category/hudson-a16-14 Rec 1AD ex USA 07/02/40. Issued to 8Sqn RAAF 04/08/40. Served with 8 Sqn. Coded NN-R. Accident, 1028GMT hrs 23/07/41 when crash landed gear down on beach and flipped, 75 kms on the beach, north of Kuatan, Malaya.Crew was P/O C M D Browne , Sgt A T Norton Serv# 407516, LAC A W Brown Serv#12359 and LAC D C Devlin Serv# 4230. SOC 23/07/41. Edited July 14 by goanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 (edited) Bedford utility vehicles with GM-H made bodywork. These little cars were assembled by GM-H for essential civilian users i.e. farmers. Edited July 14 by goanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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